Datasets:
Recag
/
C4_12

Dataset card Data Studio Files
xet
Community
text
stringlengths
9
67.6k
Certificates are awarded to students upon completion of 12-18 units of coursework with a letter grade indicator (LGI) average of 3.0 or better.
When an NDO student has completed the PRN requirements in a certificate course sequence, she or he should submit a Certificate Request form to SCPD. The form should only be requested and filled in once a certificate sequence has been completed. This form is also available in hardcopy by calling (650) 725-3016. Once the completed Certificate Request form is received, the SCPD Student Services Coordinator will forward it to PRN for approval and processing of the certificate.
When an on-campus student has completed the requirements, he or she should apply for award of the certificate and submit a transcript to PRN.
Two quarter project for graduate students with design experience who want involvement in an entrepreneurial design team with real world industrial partners. Products developed are part of the student's porfolio. Each team functions as a small startup company with a technical advisory board of the instructional staff and a coach. Computer-aided tools for project management, communication, and documentation; budget provided for direct expenses including technical assistants and conducting tests. Corporate liaisons via site visits, video conferencing, email, fax and phone. Hardware demonstrations, peer reviews, scheduled documentation releases, and a team environment provide the mechanisms and culture for design information sharing. Enrollment by consent of instructor; depends on a pre-enrollment survey in December and recommendations by project definition teams in ME 310A. For some projects, 217 and 218 may be prerequisites or corequisites. See course website for further admission guidelines.
The characteristics of industrial products that cause them to be successes or failures: the straightforward (performance, economy, reliability), the complicated (human and cultural fit, compatibility with the environment, craftsmanship, positive emotional response of the user), the esoteric (elegance, sophistication, symbolism). Engineers and business people must better understand these factors to produce more successful products. Projects, papers, guest speakers, field trips. Limited enrollment.
ME317 at Stanford addresses systematic methodologies to define, develop, and produce world-class products. Student teams work on projets to identify opportunities for improvement and develop a comprehensive product definition. Topics: value engineering, quality function deployment, design for assembly and producibility, design for variety and supply chain, design for life-cycle quality, and concurrent engineering. Students must take ME217B to complete the project and obtain a letter grade. On-campus class limited to 28. SCPD class does not have a limit, but each site must have at least 3 students to form a project team and define a project.
Building on ME 317A, focus is on the implementation of competitive product deisgn. Student groups apply structured methods to optimize the design of an improved product, and plan for its manufacture, testing, and service. The project deliverable is a comprehensive product and process specification. Topics; concept generation and selection (Pugh's Method), FMEA applied to the manufacturing process, design for robustness, Taguchi Method, SPC and Six Sigma process, tolerance analysis, flexible manufacturing, product testing, rapid prototyping. Enrollment limited to 40, not including SCPD students. Minimum enrollment of two per SCPD viewing site; single student site by prior consent of instructor. On-campus class limited to 25. For SCPD students, no enrollment limit, but each site must have a minimum of three students to form a project team and define a project on their own.
Quantitative biological concepts and the technological tools for exploiting the power offered by modern biology. How a cell interacts with and influences its environment, how a production organism is produced and optimized. Concepts for large-scale bioproduct production, isolation and purification. How proteins are manufactured without living cells, how biopharmaceutical is formulated and delivered, and the regulatory requirements for drug approval and sale. Prerequisite: 350 or BIOSCI 41 or equivalent.
The concepts and techniques of designing and improving performance and productivity in systems composed of and influenced by people, organizational factors, environmental factors, and technology. Emphasis is on the design of high-performance manufacturing systems. Use of simulation as a tool for design evaluation.
Advancements in information technologies have enabled major innovations in the reengineering of industry supply chains. Such innovations have redefined the ways the companies operate their supply chains, and new ventures have also emerged to create value for business partners and the consumers in supply chain integration. This course focuses on how information technologies have advanced supply chain integration and coordination. The course will study business cases addressing various dimensions of business and process improvement, as well as new opportunities using supply chain management concepts and emerging technologies.
Building on the foundation established in OIT 262, Operations, this course will focus on the business processes through which "real work" is accomplished, such as order fulfillment, product development, and customer service. The course will discuss fundamental ideas underlying total quality management, time-based competition, and business process reengineering. Specific topics include: capacity management, integrated work, the impact of variability on process performance, statistical process control, dynamic flow management, time compression, performance measurement systems, and inter-firm coordination.Assignments will include case analyses, computer simulations, and hands on simulation xcercises. Cases are drawn from a variety of industries including services, manufacturing, and health care.
The development and implementation of the operations functional strategy. The integration of manufacturing strategy with business and corporate strategies of a manufacturing-based firm. Topics: types and characteristics of manufacturing technologies, quality management, capacity planning and facilities choice, the organization and control of operations, and operations’ role in corporate strategy.
Prerequisite, MS&E 260 or 261 or equivalent experience.
Definition of a supply chain, coordination difficulties, pitfalls and opportunities in supply chain management, inventory-service tradeoffs, performance measurement and incentives. Global supply chain management, mass customization, supplier management. Design and redesign of products and processes for supply chain management, tools for analysis, industrial applications, current industry initiatives.
Firms in many industries are scrambling to develop innovative ways to move products from raw materials through manufacturing to customers more quickly and efficiently. Some are responding by necessity to competition, both domestically and internationally. Others are capitalizing on the continuing stream of dramatic improvements in information technology. They redesign their supply chains to gather, process, transmit, share, and exploit vast amounts of information quickly and cheaply. Still others are applying the radically different philosophy of seeking a cooperative approach among all the players in the supply chain. Huge improvements have been enjoyed by firms able to optimize over their entire supply chains and figure out how to share the resulting gains while breaking down the traditional adversarial relationships. Some redesign their chains to bypass unneeded stages. Other innovations derive from deregulation and lower tariffs. This course examines many of the recent innovations in this area with an emphasis on technologies.
Introduction to accounting concepts and the operating characteristics of accounting systems. The principles of financial and cost accounting, design of accounting systems, techniques of analysis, and cost control. Interpretation and use of accounting information for decision making. Designed for the user of accounting information and not as an introduction to a professional accounting career.
Analytical techniques such as linear and integer programming, Monte Carlo simulation, forecasting, decision analysis, and Markov chains in the environment of the spreadsheet. Materials include spreadsheet add-ins for implementing these and other techniques. Emphasis is on building intuition through interactive modeling, and extending the applicability of this type of analysis through integration with existing business data structures. Project required.
This course focuses on basic managerial issues arising in the operations of both manufacturing and service industries. The objectives of the course are to familiarize students with the problems and issues confronting operations managers, and to introduce language, conceptual models, and analytical techniques that are broadly applicable in confronting such problems. The spectrum of different process types used to provide goods and services is developed and then examined through methods of process analysis and design.
Businesses add value through production and delivery of products and services; operations managers are responsible for designing, running, and improving systems and processes to meet demand for goods and services. Discussion of techniques to analyze such operating systemss. Topics include determination of optimal facility location, production lot sizing, optimal timing and sizing of capacity expansion, and inventory control.
This course emphasizes the use of accounting information for internal planning and control purposes. The orientation contrasts with financial accounting where the focus is on accounting disclosures for parties external to the firm. The course is intended for individuals who will make business decisions and evaluate the performance of business units using data obtained from the accounting system.
Topics in the planning and control of manufacturing systems. The functions of inventory, determination of order quantities and safety stocks, alternative inventory replenishment systems, item forecasting, production-inventory systems, materials requirements planning and manufacturing resource planning (MRP), Just-in-Time systems, master and operations scheduling, supply chain management and service operations.
Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: MS&E 120, or Stats 116, or equivalent.
This course covers the foundations of finance with applications in corporate finance and investment management. It discusses many of the major financial decisions made by corporate managers and investors. Essential in many of these decisions is the process valuation, which will be an important emphasis of the course. Topics include criteria for making investment decisions, valuation of financial assets and liabilities, relationships between risk and return, market efficiency, and the valuation of derivative securities (e.g., options). The course also provides coverage of the major financial instruments issued by corporations including debt, equity, and convertible securities. Note: This course is equivalent to the core finance course in the MBA program, Bus. F220.
Limited Enrollment. Same as Finance 221 in the Graduate School of Business.
Prerequisites: Econ. 51 or Eng. 60 or equivalent; ability to use spreadsheets, knowledge of basic probability and statistics concepts, including random variables, expected value, variance, covariance, and simple estimation and regression.
Introduction to cutting-edge research involving interdisciplinary approaches to bioscience and biotechnology; for specialists and non-specialists. Associated with Stanford's BioX Programs and the Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, and held in conjunction with a seminar series meeting twice monthly during 2001-02. Leading investigators from Stanford and throughout the world speak on their research; registered students also meet separately [see Course Details] to discuss the ever-changing subject matter, related literature, and future directions.
Weekly speakers on topics related to human-computer interaction design. Presentations on a wide and evolving range of current research issues relating to human-computer interaction.
The course is open to anyone in the Stanford community interested in the topics of Technology Management, Global Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Entrepreneurial Leadership. It may be taken for course credit, or audited by students, alumni, and friends of Stanford.
Students will need a Stanford Leland account to check out the course website and send in final assignment (an email of lessons learned at the end of the quarter).
Grading: Students wishing to earn one unit of credit must watch or attend at least 8 of the class sessions. They must also submit a 2-3 page email at the end of the quarter based on lessons learned from the speakers, and how they intend to apply the lessons on the job. See the course website for details of the final email assignment.
No letter grades will be given. The sessions are held on Friday afternoons in hopes that SITN students can occasionally take off work a little early and come to campus to meet the thought leaders, on campus students, and enjoy a lively exchange live and in person. Refreshments are served! Please watch live, and drop in from time to time!
30% attendance and participation; 70% Two page email at end of quarter.
Invited speakers discuss engineering, medical, legal, and business issues associated with the development of medical devices.
Invited speakers address issues of interest to design and manufacturing engineers. Brief presentations and followed by open discussions. Sponsored by the Product Realization Network at Stanford (PRN).
Research reports, literature reviews, and designer interviews promote rigorous examinations of the cognitive basis methodology for designer behavior and design tool development.
Fifteen years after genocide, Rwanda is showing signs of healing.
How South African churches are acting like Jesus.
Looking for votes among Kyiv's skeptical evangelicals.
Groups still unable to deliver food, medicine. Death toll may top 128,000.
Rick Warren, Kagame open Purpose Driven campaign.
Muslim states continue pressuring Christians.
He’s still leading in this demographic, to be sure. But every recent Republican has won it, by ever-increasing margins. Mitt Romney won non-college-educated white voters by an estimated 62-36 in 2012….That could be changing. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal survey showed his lead among non-college-educated white voters drooping to 49-36. Similarly, McClatchy/Marist pegs it at 46-31. These are not world-beating numbers. And you have to wonder: If Trump is losing his special appeal to the voting category that has long been his campaign’s signature “base,” where is he supposed to make that up?
In short, Romney won the WWC by 26 points. Trump is winning it by only about 15 points. This is devastating if it keeps up. Trump doesn’t just need to match Romney’s numbers, he needs to beat them. If he can’t stay even with 2012 at a minimum, he’s got no chance to win.
I would be very interested to see these numbers broken down by region. Unfortunately, this produces very small subgroups, which makes it hard to draw any firm statistical conclusions. Nonetheless, there’s not much question that there are two fundamentally different varieties of the white working class: the Southern WWC and all the rest of them. If Trump is losing even the Southern WWC, he’s doomed.
I wish to join the march of humanity on every corner of this fragile earth against barbarism as a Muslim and a human.
I am a Muslim. As a Muslim, I wish to pay my respect to those Parisians who lost their lives on that terrifying night on November 13. As a Muslim, I wish to express my condolences to all those who have lost a loved one during this diabolic attack in Paris. As a Muslim, I wish to express my solidarity with the French people suffering now the trauma of this murderous mayhem perpetrated on innocent people.
As a Muslim, I wish to denounce any and all acts of genocidal, homicidal, and suicidal violence, anywhere in the world; and in particular, I wish to denounce the criminal gangs gathered under the flag of "Islamic State" or any other similar group terrorising innocent people from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iraq and Syria, from North Africa to Turkey, and from the Arab and Muslim world to Europe and the US.
I wish to ask, can a Muslim today say that she or he is a Muslim, and then say what I just said? Am I - and millions of other Muslims like me - allowed to express our sympathies, solidarities, and sorrows on this horrific occasion, and do so from the innermost depth of our humanities as Muslims?
In a speech expressing his solidarity and sympathy with the French, US President Barack Obama said, "This is an attack not just on Paris, it's an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share."
Of course, the attack on the French is an attack on humanity, but is an attack on a Lebanese, an Afghan, a Yazidi, a Kurd, an Iraqi, a Somali, or a Palestinian any less an attack "on all of humanity and the universal values that we share"? What is it exactly that a North American and a French share that the rest of humanity is denied sharing?
In his speech, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking as a European, was emphatic about "our way of life", and then addressing the French he added: "Your values are our values, your pain is our pain, your fight is our fight, and together, we will defeat these terrorists."
What exactly are these French and British values? Can, may, a Muslim share them too - while a Muslim? Or must she or he first denounce being a Muslim and become French or British before sharing those values?
These are loaded terms, civilisational terms, and culturally coded registers. Both Obama and Cameron opt to choose terms that decidedly and deliberately turn me and millions of Muslims like me to their civilisational other.
Today, Muslims have replaced those Jews and become the civilisational other of Europe, and these heads of states, Obama and Cameron, on this particularly traumatic moment in Paris, perpetuate that demonisation by casting Muslims as Muslims outside the purview of humanity.
They make it impossible for me to remain the Muslim that I am and join them and millions of other people in the US and the UK and the EU in sympathy and solidarity with the suffering of the French.
As a Muslim I defy their provincialism, and I declare my sympathy and solidarity with the French; and I do so, decidedly, pointedly, defiantly, as a Muslim.
When Arabs or Muslims die in the hands of the selfsame criminal Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) gangs in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, or Lebanon, they are reduced to their lowest common denominator and presumed sectarian denominations, overcoming and camouflaging our humanity. But when French or British or US citizens are murdered, they are raised to their highest common abstractions and become the universal icons of humanity at large.
Why? Are we Muslims not human? Does the murder of one of us not constitute harm to the entire body of humanity?
"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?"
Today, Muslims have replaced those Jews and become the civilisational other of Europe, and these heads of states - Obama and Cameron - on this particularly traumatic moment in Paris, perpetuate that demonisation by casting Muslims as Muslims outside the purview of humanity.
By doing so, they are making it impossible for Muslims to remain Muslims and join in the universal march of humanity against the barbarity of ISIL or any other murderous act of homicide. Why? I refuse to allow them or anyone else to alienate me from who I am.
I am a man. I am a Muslim. I am a human being - and, precisely, as all of those and remaining true to who I am, I wish to join the march of humanity on every corner of this fragile earth against barbarism.
Please, President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron, stand aside and make room for me. I wish to join the rest of humanity and denounce this barbaric act. Would you mind?
Scientists have discovered how LED lighting can be printed onto paper using nanotechnology, making futuristic novelties such as glowing wallpaper and luminescent curtains possible, Sweden's Linköping University says.
Linköping University researchers have invented a method to apply LED lighting to paper.
Dr. Gul Amin and his research assistant Naved ul Hassan Alvimade made the breakthrough, which has a patent pending. The university announced the research late last month, which happened to be Amin's doctoral thesis.
"This is the first time anyone has been able to build electronic and photonic inorganic semiconducting components directly on paper using chemical methods," lead researcher professor Magnus Willander, said in a prepared statement.
The process is made possible by using nano-crystals of zinc oxide, an inexpensive material that is found in sunscreens. The material is stable, and would not require the protective coverings that are found on OLEDs (organic light-emitting diode), veteran journalist Alfred Poor noted in a blog post.
OLEDS are another flexible material that's used for displays in some devices, but are remain fairly costly. I recall writing about the potential for OLED televisions to take the market by storm - 11 years ago. That clearly has not happened yet, so I am cautious predicting sweeping technology trends.
However, Poor already sees some interesting applications for "paper" LEDS. "The same technology could also be used to create sensors or photovoltaic solar cells. It is possible that this technology could both light your office and generate the electricity to power that lighting," he wrote.
Somizi Mhlongo confirmed on Monday morning that he is getting married to Mohale Motaung. He popped the question while the couple were recently in Paris.
As Mzansi celebrates the couple's love, we take a look at some of their pictures. Because since they confirmed they're an item, all we've been getting is love 24/7.
Back when Mohale was still a mystery.
Then we started getting more glimpses from Somizi but not much.
And we got teased some more.
And eventually we started getting more face time with Mohale.
And after their couple unveiling at The Met, Somizi and Mohale have been showing us nothing but love.
KATONAH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Hundreds of mourners on Wednesday flocked to a wake in suburban Katonah, N.Y. for one of the teachers killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
The mourners waited in a slow-moving line, some for more than an hour, in the frigid air outside Clark Associates Funeral Home, to pay respects to Anne Marie Murphy, 52.
Murphy was among the 26 people killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary in one of the nation’s worst mass shootings.
Adam Lanza, armed with a military-style assault rifle, broke into the school and opened fire on the classrooms. Lanza also killed his mother at her home before committing suicide, officials said.
Murphy’s father, Hugh McGowan, said earlier this week that authorities told him she had tried to protect her young pupils. Her body was found covering a group of children’s bodies as if to shield them, McGowan said.
The parents of one of her students, 6-year-old Dylan Hockley, issued a statement saying she was his favorite teacher and they took comfort in knowing that Murphy was cradling Dylan when he died.
Murphy is survived by her husband, her four children, her parents and her six brothers and sisters.
Taylor McGowan, a nephew of Murphy’s, commented on the large turnout outside the white, clapboard funeral home sparsely decorated with Christmas wreaths and red ribbon.
“It shows how much Anne Marie was loved and how much her parents were loved,” chimed Sister M. Kenneth, who said she taught Murphy and some of her siblings at St. Mary’s Elementary School in Katonah.
Holt said Murphy had bought Christmas gifts for all her children. He said her children found the presents inside their home. At the wake, he said there were Christmas stockings on the closed coffin.
Murphy’s funeral will be held Thursday morning at St. Mary of the Assumption Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Somers.
I'm Andrew Hoyle for CNET and I'm here checking out the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Now, we look at the phone from the front. It looks basically like an S4. They've got very similar stylings and a 4.3-inch screen. Turn it around, though, and you can see, it looks a lot like a standard compact digital camera. You've got the chunky handgrip on the side over here, and of course, its enormous lens barrel on the other side. Now, that lens provides a 10x optical zoom, making the S4 Zoom the only smartphone with an optical zoom built-in. All that camera kit does of course bulk out the phone. It's a lot fatter and heavier than the standard S4, so it won't appeal if you just want a camera phone to slide into your jeans. It's got a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor which is physically bigger than what you find in normal smartphones, which allows to take in more light, therefore giving a better image quality. At least, that's the idea. I haven't been able to take any test shots yet, so we'll have to see what we can really do. As a phone, it might be a bit disappointing for those of you wanting a fully-fledged S4. The screen only has a 960x540-pixel display. That's a big step down from the full HD resolution of the actual S4 and it's a dual rather than quad-core processor. It's running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, but Samsung has given a few tweaks to make the camera easy to access. With its considerably bigger size, the S4 Zoom isn't going to appeal to those of you wanting a slim and light smartphone to slide into your jeans. Instead, it's aimed squarely at the shutterbugs who value image quality above pocketability. Make sure to keep it CNET for all the latest news and the full review. I'm Andrew Hoyle and this is the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom.
A committee appointed by the state Supreme Court has recommended rule changes for New Mexico courts that would allow the public into previously closed hearings involving people placed under legal guardianship or conservatorship because of their mental or physical condition.
Access to confidential court records involving such cases will remain under wraps for the most part, under another proposed rule.
The first two rules proposed by the committee are open for public comment until Monday before the Supreme Court decides whether to implement them. The law goes into effect July 1.
Family members still won’t be entitled to automatically view copies of the annual reports on the welfare and finances of an incapacitated person under court protection – but will have better ability to seek access.
Those reports are required of guardians and conservators at least annually with the court. But under the proposed rules, state district court judges who hear such cases will have the discretion to permit access by family members or other interested parties.
The rules committee of mostly lawyers and judges has been reviewing ways for courts to implement the 59-page guardianship reform law passed overwhelmingly by the Legislature in February.
The proposed rule for opening hearings is based on the provision of the new law that states the court, for good cause, can decide to close a hearing.
To close a hearing, the proposed rule states, a judge would have to hold a hearing on any proposed courtroom closure.
The rule proposes that open hearings apply to all cases pending or filed on or after July 1.
The other proposed rule up for public comment affects access to records.
While still allowing only the court docket sheet, which shows the actions in the case, to be public, there would be a list of people who could review the petition for guardianship or conservator before a judge rules on the matter. The judge’s order would also be available for review to those persons.